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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Disclaimer: I received a review copy for free via Netgalley, and am voluntarily leaving my honest thoughts. Many thanks to Harper Voyager for the opportunity!
This is a pretty nice debut from Gordon! However, while I enjoyed a good amount of it, I'd say that I was a little disappointed overall. The plot felt a little convenient in the beginning, which made things kind of give a young adult feel, but it was a nice buildup to the rest of the events. I absolutely loved Death in this book, and feel that he compelled me the most so it made it hard for me to want to follow through with the rest if that makes sense because he was THAT compelling and interesting.
That being said, of course I could appreciate a messy dynamic and did enjoy Hellevir and Sullivain to a degree as well, but felt like I wasn't as drawn in to them as I really wanted to be since I feel it lacked a bit of depth on the motivation side. I'm also just such a sucker for Death in books that it almost made me wish that he was a she and was the love interest instead because their conversations together where more interesting to me, and I felt really bad.
This is a pretty nice debut from Gordon! However, while I enjoyed a good amount of it, I'd say that I was a little disappointed overall. The plot felt a little convenient in the beginning, which made things kind of give a young adult feel, but it was a nice buildup to the rest of the events. I absolutely loved Death in this book, and feel that he compelled me the most so it made it hard for me to want to follow through with the rest if that makes sense because he was THAT compelling and interesting.
That being said, of course I could appreciate a messy dynamic and did enjoy Hellevir and Sullivain to a degree as well, but felt like I wasn't as drawn in to them as I really wanted to be since I feel it lacked a bit of depth on the motivation side. I'm also just such a sucker for Death in books that it almost made me wish that he was a she and was the love interest instead because their conversations together where more interesting to me, and I felt really bad.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Life has a price and Death is the tollman waiting to take it. I loved this magic has a price especially as it’s necromancy. To drag something from death back to life Hellevir has to pay the price and it’s a high one.
This book was beautifully written from a craft perspective and clearly well thought out in terms of world building and plot. Even the characters had depth and complexity that was wonderfully done. I wish the second half of this duology was out already so I could already be reading it.
This book was beautifully written from a craft perspective and clearly well thought out in terms of world building and plot. Even the characters had depth and complexity that was wonderfully done. I wish the second half of this duology was out already so I could already be reading it.